SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
gumption
noun
The initiative and practical courage to act on an idea.
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The Orchard With Two Front Doors · paragraph 6The initiative and practical courage to act on an idea.
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See gumption in use
It took gumption to ask the visiting soloist to rehearse with the school band.
They had the gumption to interrupt the director at lunch to ask permission.
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